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Thanks for explaining how the Excel works. Im extremely cautious, so I wasn't going to try that until I understood better.

Thanks Paul, I will definitely check out your other post shortly. Yes, I vacuum the gravel every time I clean the tank, every two weeks. I use a python gravel vac. Question, can I use the flourish Excel stuff if I don't have any plants in my tank?

I keep forgetting about the snails, but I think the goldies will eat them. They are quite large. I'm still on the fence about the plants, but I will consider it. I think they will eat them too though. Do I need to worry about treating/quarantining the snails? I see some photos now of the...

Oh I understand now about the fertilizer. My only concern with adding plants is Goldies usually tear plants to shreds. Its worth a try though. I thought throwing money at the tank (Those zorbs are super expensive) that I could solve all my problems, but obviously they did nothing! I will go...

Thanks to everyone for all the great tips!!! I had to go out of town so I haven't started to try any of the suggestions yet, but I plan to start making some changes this weekend. I will post back with status updates. Wouldn't fertilizer make the algae grow more?

I was thinking maybe "hair" algae but I think that is typically green. I will research the beard algae. I added the Phos-zorbs recently thinking the phosphate was the problem, but that didn't help even though I got the phos down to nothing.

Hi V227, thankfully I'm not overstocked. I got lucky and I seem to have two male goldfish. They are really large though, but overstocking is not my issue. I'm glad you mentioned that the various "zorbs might be doing more harm than good. I was honestly thinking that too. You know, too much of a...

Does anyone know what kind of algae it is though? I can't seem to find anything like it on the internet.

I was suspect of the Wonder Shells adding something to the water that was causing it maybe? The wonder shells contain beneficial minerals. I was also wondering about the stress zyme.

I change at least 50% every time since Goldies are very messy. I will definitely reduce the lighting to see how that works. Since the wood is completely engulfed in this stuff, I will have to remove it to treat it. I will try peroxide next time instead of bleach

Hi, I've had a fresh water aquarium pretty much continuously for the last 20 years and I've never encountered anything like this algae that is taking over my aquarium and my life!!! I have a 5 second video that I'm going to try to post. I am OBSESSIVE over caring for my fish. I have a 120...